How do I programmatically control the render settings?

[Anonymous]

I want to create a script that presets my render preferences and hits the render button.

I haven't found any documentation on the Render API.

How can I achieve this?

[Anonymous]

I tried listening for the render settings dialog creation event and calling the doExecute() method to trigger the render with the already existing presets, but this unfortunately doesn't work. 

How can I access the render button and the other controls?

[kandennti]

Hi Leon.Vladimirov.

I don't know how to access the controls.
But there is a way to execute the command.

I tried and it was possible to start rendering.

#Fusion360API Python script
#Author-kantoku
#Description-sample start rendering

import adsk.core, adsk.fusion, traceback

def run(context):
    ui = None
    try:
        app  :adsk.core.Application = adsk.core.Application.get()
        ui   :adsk.core.UserInterface = app.userInterface

        # new document
        desType = adsk.core.DocumentTypes.FusionDesignDocumentType
        app.documents.add(desType)
        des  :adsk.fusion.Design = app.activeProduct
        root :adsk.fusion.Component = des.rootComponent

        # create body
        createBody(root)

        # change workspace
        des.workspaces.itemById('FusionRenderEnvironment').activate()

        # start rendering
        cmdDefs :adsk.core.CommandDefinitions = ui.commandDefinitions
        cmdDef  :adsk.core.CommandDefinition = cmdDefs.itemById('InCanvasRenderCommand')
        cmdDef.execute()

    except:
        if ui:
            ui.messageBox('Failed:\n{}'.format(traceback.format_exc()))

def createBody(
    comp :adsk.fusion.Component):

    skts = comp.sketches
    skt = skts.add(comp.xZConstructionPlane)
    ctr = adsk.core.Point3D.create(0, 0, 0)
    skt.sketchCurves.sketchCircles.addByCenterRadius(ctr, 5.0)
    
    prof = skt.profiles.item(0)

    exts = comp.features.extrudeFeatures
    newBodyOpe = adsk.fusion.FeatureOperations.NewBodyFeatureOperation
    ext = exts.createInput(prof, newBodyOpe)
    
    dist = adsk.core.ValueInput.createByReal(5)
    ext.setDistanceExtent(True, dist)
    exts.add(ext)

[Anonymous]

Hi! 
Thank you for your answer.

But unfortunately this is not what I’m looking for. I’m trying to automate cloud rendering. From my understanding this script will render in canvas - which can be done with one press of a button, instead of pressing a button in the cloud render dialog. 

Is there a way to automatically start cloud rendering?

[kandennti]

I'm sorry, I misunderstood.

I don't know how to operate dialog buttons.
Sorry for not being able to help.

[goyals]

May be you can try with the below script. You need to save the design before executing this command.

cmdDefs = ui.commandDefinitions

cmdDef = cmdDefs.itemById('A360RenderCommand')

cmdDef.execute()

[Anonymous]

Thank you for your answer!

But unfortunately I still can't get my design to render. The command your suggested opens the rending tab, but I still haven't found a way to click the render button inside the tab via code.

Do you know how I can achieve this? 

[goyals]

Looks like It is not possible. You can get the render button control in the dialog using below script but there is no 'click 'method available on button control

controlDef = cmdDef.controlDefinition

buttonCtrlDef = adsk.core.ButtonControlDefinition.cast(controlDef)

buttonCtrlDef.name